Aborted Bang-up Writing Prompt

Jump start 

 

Writing about 

Some vivid childhood 

 

Memory 

 

Involving anything 

That first pops up, 

 

Don’t break too many 

Lines and do not 

 

Punctuate for at least five and see 

What happens; if nothing 

 

Memorable appears, repeat 

One phrase at least 

 

Three times; keep writing 

To wherever 

 

Your often failing memory takes you. 

You may have to repeat 

 

This time-tested procedure 

Countless times before going on 

 

To bigger and better things, say 

Learning how not to 

 

Fade away with a whimper 

But with a bang-bang you're dead only

 

When things can't get any worse.